There’s something unreserved about post-hardcore rock outfit The Last Band, who hail from Gothenburg Sweden. Hisingen their third album is accomplished but there’s a rawness to the 11 tracks which are brutally honest about the world as they see it, and they want to share that with you, ‘animals of …
Read More »Toledo Steel – No Quarter
At last, the wait is finally over. Southampton based metallers Toledo Steel unleash their debut album No Quarter via Dissonance Productions on June 1st! Now back to a five piece the album opens up with ‘Behold The Machine’ but never mind the machine, behold these riffs that burst out of …
Read More »Iron Maiden Create Live Experience in ‘Legacy Of The Beast’ Game
Iron Maiden Live Show Elevates Mobile Gaming In A Genre Defining Industry First Mobile games publisher Nodding Frog and heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN are proud to announce the arrival of a new PvP arena to their ‘Legacy of the Beast’ game – in a global first and representing an unparalleled …
Read More »Saxon – Announce New Album & UK Tour
SAXON ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘THUNDERBOLT’SET FOR RELEASE 2nd FEBRUARY 2018 VIA MILITIA GUARD (SILVER LINING MUSIC) THUNDERBOLT TOUR PART 1 UK & EUROPEAN DATES ANNOUNCED SAXON isn’t wasting any time in 2018. Following the critically acclaimed release of ‘Battering Ram’ in 2015, the heavy metal giants are set to release …
Read More »Annihilator – Announce “Triple Threat” Out On 27th January Via UDR
Legendary Canadian thrash/heavy metal masters Annihilator will release “Triple Threat” via UDR Music on January 27th, 2017 Legendary Canadian thrash/heavy metal masters Annihilator have lacerated many senses over the years with their supreme, aggressive metal mastery, and on January, 27th, 2017, their legion of loyal fans can look forward to …
Read More »Pintsize – Five Feet…No Inches
California’s Pintsize was an absolutely brilliant flash in the power pop, pop-punk, hard rock, and heavy metal cauldron. Thankfully, the cadre’s music has been immortalized on this 14 track disc, titled Five Feet…No Inches. Here, the fearsome foursome pulls listeners into a confrontational, hedonistic, and thoroughly entertaining musical joyride. The …
Read More »Elder Druid – Magicka EP
You would think with a name like Elder Druid this band had been sacrificing goats to some other worldly God these past few years. Not so, once you find out that it is a group of former school friends and sometime students from Ballymena in Northern Ireland who have embraced …
Read More »Paul Gilbert Plans Autumn 2016 Adventure (Not Trouble) Across Europe
During his 30th anniversary year as a professional recording artist, American guitar virtuoso Paul Gilbert (Racer X, Mr. Big) will bring his all-star band and traditional, mind-bending live show to Continental and UK audiences this autumn. This latest round of dates celebrates and highlights his latest worldwide release for earMusic …
Read More »Hell’s Gazelles – Hell’s Gazelles EP
Hell’s Gazelles are a young band from Oxford. The members are Cole Bryant -Vocals, Nath Digman- Guitar, Dan Podbery – Bass and Luke Evans -Drums. This EP is their first recorded output. It blasts into your ears with the aural assault of Intro, a 45-second burst of drums and heavy …
Read More »Saxon To Release ‘The Vinyl Hoard’ in October
A HOARD OF LIVE GLORY IN A BOX OF VINYL GOLD FROM SAXON Britain’s favourite Heavy Metal warriors Saxon will have four of their most explosive live recordings pressed on vinyl for the first time and released by Demon Records in a must-have deluxe box set. ‘The Vinyl Hoard’ will …
Read More »Lady Beast To Release “Metal Immortal” Vinyl EP In October
LADY BEAST To Release “Metal Immortal” Vinyl EP In October Lady Beast is a Heavy Metal band from Pittsburgh PA. Now in its 7th year, the band has played hundreds of shows, played festivals, done tours, and sold thousands of albums. Upon hearing a recording of the band, it’s easy for …
Read More »The A – Z guide to Bloodstock
As the clock ticks and the countdown to Bloodstock Open Air 2016 begins in earnest, PlanetMosh sat down and debated everything that comes together to make BOA the best metal festival in the UK. Allow us to present our alphabetised guide to the festival. The A-Z guide to Bloodstock. A …
Read More »Volbeat – Seal the Deal & Let’s Boogie
Danish and American hard rock band Volbeat has returned with Seal The Deal & Let’s Boogie, its sixth full length studio album, produced by Jacob Hansen. The disc is thirteen songs of tight, clear, hard rock glory, built on and expanded from the successes gleaned from 2013’s Outlaw Gentlemen and …
Read More »Rated Rebellious: A Playlist by Nick Oliveri
PlanetMosh’s latest ‘playlist guest artist’ is California’s own (in)famous Nick Oliveri. At various times, as an integral member of Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Mondo Generator, Dwarves, Bl’ast!, and as a solo artist with The Uncontrollable, bassist and multi-instrumentalist Oliveri has been at the forefront of desert rock, hardcore …
Read More »Gone Is Gone Announce New Album, Play Live Debut Show
Less then 14 days after announcing its formation and a new single, “Violescent”, USA-based heavy rock band Gone Is Gone has made its live debut. Featuring Troy Sanders (Mastodon), Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens of the Stone Age, A Perfect Circle, Sweethead), Tony Hajjar (At The Drive In), and multi-instrumentalist Mike …
Read More »Demon Bitch to Release ‘Hellfriends’ in June 2016
DEMON BITCH “Hellfriends” DEMON BITCH is a traditional Heavy Metal band based out of Michigan, USA, with a taste for the strange and obscure realms of the genre. The history of the band dates back to 2011, when three longtime friends: Mars Weston, Logon Saton, and Samuel Ceckowski, came forth …
Read More »Scarblade To Release Debut Album ‘The Cosmic Wrath’
SCARBLADE is a Greek female fronted Heavy Metal band, founded in May of 2012 in Athens, as RUTHLESS STEEL. Their debut EP titled “Die In The Night” came out in 2013, and included 4 tracks that can be labelled as traditional Heavy Metal, inspired by such classic acts …
Read More »Anthrax – For All Kings
Let’s all be honest with ourselves here: Anthrax are forever going to be the runt of the Big 4 litter. There was never any question that they would open the shows with Megadeth, Slayer and Metallica back in 2011/2012, and they will always be lower than them on festival bills. …
Read More »The 20 greatest Iron Maiden songs. The PlanetMosh Playlist series
On Christmas Day in 1975, a young man from London by the name of Stephen Percival Harris decided to form his own band. That band was Iron Maiden. Four decades, sixteen studio albums, numerous critically acclaimed tours and one specialist beer later, he must wonder what he’d let himself in …
Read More »Exorcism to Re-Release “I Am God” in February 2016
Exorcism to Re-Release “I Am God” New Artwork and Tracklist Revealed Doom heavy metallers EXORCISM will re-release their debut effort, “I AM GOD”, on February 13 2016 via Dream Records. The cover artwork for the CD was created by Gragoth and Zvekan. Recordings: All drums by Garry King recorded …
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